Thanx for the reply. AT&T is supposed to have someone here tomorrow
afternoon to help me resolve this mess. The whole thing started when I
moved to another apartment in the same comples (a physical move of about 30
feet). I had a saved Speakeasy report I did a screen capture on from before
the move, and it reported this:
Download = 0.75 Mbps
Upload=0.63 Mbps
So my download speed definitely got hosed somehow.
"Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
news:uLz6F7J%23KHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You need to contact AT&T. 0.20 Mbps is too slow for streaming (as you have
> found out). Chances are you are paying for 768 kbps (almost four times
> faster what you are currently getting). Or maybe you are paying for even
> more.
>
> FWIW, I use Cavalier Telephone DSL. My figures from the Speakeasy site:
>
> Download = 1.05 Mbps
> Upload = 0.76 Mbps
>
> Until you improve your speed, one thing you can do (if you have patience)
> is to hit the pause button and wait until the entire video has downloaded
> and then play it.
>
>
> Tom Ponta wrote:
>> It's DSL from AT&T. Speakeasy reports a download speed of 0.20 Mbps
>> and an upload speed of 0.65 Mbps, which seems slow to me.
>> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message
>> news:eI8SMJG%23KHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> What kind of internet connection and how fast?
>>>
>>> "Tom Ponta" <thomasponta@att.net> wrote in message
>>> news:F1E45561-E9C7-408E-9CFA-AD532EC645C2@microsoft.com...
>>>> IE 8, Windows Vista Home Premium, Dell Inspiron 531, 3 Gigs of RAM.
>>>>
>>>> I'm having problems playing videos. Instead of just playing
>>>> through, it plays for a few seconds, shows a rotating symbol and
>>>> says "Buffering", plays for a few seconds more, and repeats the
>>>> process. A 5 minute video can take half an hour to play, and is
>>>> hard to follow. Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanx,
>>>>
>>>> Buddha
>
>
